Valdis Bojarevics

Professor Valdis Bojarevics PhD

Professor of Computational MHD

Professor Valdis Bojarevics is an internationally recognised specialist in the field of computational magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD). He was born in 1952 Riga (Latvia), started his research career in 1975 at the Institute of Physics in Latvia -at that time the largest research centre specializing in various aspects of technological and astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics.

He became a specialist in developing original computational models for a wide range of practical applications and supporting physical experiments in the electro-metallurgical industry. Professor Bojarevics has been invited to several internationally leading research centers for collaborative work:1991and1992 Ecole Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland), 1993 MADYLAM laboratory, Grenoble (France), 1993-1995 Reynolds Metals Research Centre (Alabama, USA. In 1995 Professor Bojarevics was invited to join the Computational modelling group at the University of Greenwich. At Greenwich Professor Bojarevics has been involved in industrial collaboration with a number of commercial companies (Reynolds Metals Company, Alcoa, Noranda, Rolls Royce, Howmet, Qinetic, China Aluminium, Dubai Aluminium, Corus, Special Metals, Consarc).

In 2001 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) invited Professor Bojarevics for the research fellowship in Japan, Tohoku university. He presents talks regularly at the most important international meetings of research communities in liquid metal MHD, EPM and light metal processing. His track record also includes successful participation as Co-investigator in a number of EPSRC (GR/L97483/01, GR/N14316/01, EP/D505011/1), DTI Technology Programme (Q1536D) and international collaborative projects (EU ALEL, EU IMPRESS, ESA MAGLEV, EU COST-Magnetic-fluid-dynamics).

Professor Bojarevics contributed to the development of the Masters Programme with the originally created course 'Electrodynamics with Matlab', supervises MSc student projects and PhD students.

Mathematics

Engineering

Recognition

TMS, Hydromag, Research Gate, LinkedIn

Research / Scholarly interests

Fluid dynamics interactions with magnetic and electric fields

Electrodynamics

Key funded projects

  • EPSRC , UltraMelt, EP/K00588X/1 (2012-) CI Brunel university, UK
  • EU FP7 NMP-2011-LARGE, EXOMET (2012-) CI About 30 EU partners, including, European Space Agency, IMPERIAL (UK),ALD (G), AVIO (IT), SIMAP (FR), IRC Birmingham (UK), Volvo (SE), Stone Foundries(UK), Brabant (NL), ...
  • EU FP6, IMPRESS CI About 40 EU partners, including, IMPERIAL (UK),
  • NPL (UK), ACCESS (D),Rolls Royce (UK), IRC Birmingham (UK), KTH (S), Qinetiq(UK),...
  • TSB , ColdMelt, EP/K00588X/1 CI Phoenix Sci. Industries(UK), Cambridge Technology, MoD (UK)
  • EPSRC, NET-SHAPE CASTING OF TIAL, GR/N14316/01 CI Rolls-Royce, Alstom, DERA, University of Birmingham, Levitation melting for evaporation and coating PI Corus (Nl)
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2012) PI Dubai Aluminium, UAE
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2010) PI Dubai Aluminium, UAE
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2012) PI Dubai Aluminium, UAE
  • MHD in aluminium production (2012) cells(Soderberg) PI Rusal company, Russia
  • MHD in aluminium production (2010) cells(Soderberg) PI Rusal company, Russia
  • Magnetic fields for wireless sensors (2012) PI Wireless Technologies, USA
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2012) PI GAMI, China
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2010) PI GAMI, China
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2010) PI SAMI, China
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2010) PI NEUI, China

Recent publications

Article

Pericleous, Kyriacos A , Bojarevics, Valdis, Tonry, Catherine E. H. (2025), A process to produce a continuous liquid metal stream for gas atomisation. Institute of Physics, University of Latvia. In: , , , . Institute of Physics, University of Latvia, Magnetohydrodynamics, 61 . pp. 3-12 ISSN: 1574-0579 (Print), 0024-998X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.22364/mhd.61.1-2.7).

Bojarevics, Valdis , Nishimura, Tomohiro, Matsuwaka, Daisuke, Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories, Kobe Steel Ltd. (2022), Development of advanced cold crucible melting of titanium alloys. Institute of Physics, University of Latvia. In: , , , . Institute of Physics, University of Latvia, Magnetohydrodynamics, 58 (1) . pp. 13-24 ISSN: 0024-998X (Print), 1574-0579 (Online) (doi: http://doi.org/10.22364/mhd) NB Item availability restricted.

Dybalska, Agnieszka , Caden, Adrian, Griffiths, William D., Nashwan, Zakareya , Bojarevics, Valdis , Djambazov, Georgi , Tonry, Catherine E. H. , Pericleous, Koulis A (2021), Enhancement of mechanical properties of pure aluminium through contactless melt sonicating treatment. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Materials, 14: 4479 (16) ISSN: 1996-1944 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164479).

Tonry, Catherine E. H. , Bojarevics, Valdis, Djambazov, Georgi, Pericleous, Tonry (2020), Contactless ultrasonic treatment in direct chill casting. Springer. In: , , , . Springer, JOM (The Member Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 72 (11) . pp. 4082-4091 ISSN: 1047-4838 (Print), 1543-1851 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04370-7).

Pericleous, K. A. , Beckwith, C., Bojarevics, V., Djambazov, G. , Dybalska, A. , Griffiths, W. D. , Tonry, C. (2020), Progress in the development of a contactless ultrasonic processing route for alloy grain refinement. IOP Publishing. In: , , , . IOP Publishing, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 861: 12070 ISSN: 1757-8981 (Print), 1757-899X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/861/1/012070).

Tonry, C.E.H. , Djambazov, G., Dybalska, A., Griffiths, W.D. , Beckwith, C. , Bojarevics, V. , Pericleous, K.A. (2020), Acoustic resonance for contactless ultrasonic cavitation in alloy melts. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 63: 104959 ISSN: 1350-4177 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.104959).

Conference item

Pericleous, Kyriacos A. , Bojarevics, Valdis, Tonry, Catherine E. H. (2024), A process to produce a continuous liquid metal stream for gas atomisation. In: 13th PAMIR International Conference Fundamental and Applied MHD, 16th - 19th Sep., 2024, Carry-le-Rouet, France , . , . pp. 21-25 (doi: https://eumhd.com/pamir2024/full-papers/).

Conference proceedings

Bojarevics, Valdis , Dupuis, Marc, University of Greenwich, Genisim Inc. (2022), Advanced alumina dissolution modelling. Springer - The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. In: , , In: Dmitry Eskin (ed.), Light Metals 2022. Springer - The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Cham, Switzerland (1st) . pp. 339-348 . ISBN: 9783030925284; 9783030925291ISSN: 2367-1181 (Print), 2367-1696 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92529-1_47).

Dupuis, Marc and , Bojarevics, Valdis (2020), Demo retrofit study of a Chinese inspired cell technology. Springer. In: , , In: Alan Tomsett (ed.), Light Metals 2020. Springer, Cham, Switzerland . pp. 495-509 . ISBN: 9783030364083ISSN: 2367-1181 (Print), 2367-1696 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36408-3_70).

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